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Once a year.
Worth the wait.

Two dates that take over every floor. A Halloween that uses the whole mansion, and a garden festival of music, art and food that the rest of the year builds up to.

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The dates

Comingup.

All 2027 dates and concepts are provisional until confirmed. Tickets open event by event.

Looking back

  1. 7 May 2026

    The Launch

    SpecialIt happened

    The first guests, the first speeches, the first band in the corner with the city behind them. Canapés went round, the wine partner poured, and Johannesburg got its first look from the inside.

    Photography: Judith Belle

    See how it went
    Guests seated and listening during the launch speeches
    • A full room on launch night: guests around cocktail tables beneath the pendants
    • A two piece band playing in front of the glass with the city lights behind
    • A long white platter of layered canapés with a purple calla lily
    • The host raising a glass to a room full of guests
    • Cucumber wrapped canapés on a white plate scattered with rose petals
    • A speaker at the microphone on the stage, washed in purple light
    • Crumbed prawn canapés standing in glasses on a gold tray
    • Johannesburg at night from the deck

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